so we know what we're dealing with and i think it affects us right now in the fiscal cliff negotiations because we're not going to do anything unless it is bipartisan. we will not be able to pass anything in the house that doesn't have significant republican votes in the senate and the democrats in the senate are not going to be able to support something that won't require some votes of democrats in the house. so we are together. maybe it's like a dysfunction alal family but we do have to work together because without bipartisanship, nothing is going anywhere. therefore, i think you have to go back to negotiations 101, which is that someone in a negotiation has to win some and lose some. the other party in a negotiation has to win some and lose some. the president is not going to get everything he wants. the republicans in the house and senate are not going to get everything we want nor are the democrats in the house and senate. so we have areas where we can come together and i have seen it. all of us were talking in the last couple of hours about how we have talked to our counterparts